Legal News

A police campaign has started on Monday with the M.E.N. publishing the photos and details of GMP’s 36 most wanted criminals out of which four have been arrested.
Under the name Operation Harvest, the campaign was designed to tackle the kind of crime that causes the public the most concern, the police have said.
The police have arrested 802 suspects in the first week of a month-long campaign to tackle serious crime.
Those arrested were held for a variety of alleged offences including robbery, burglary and car crime.
Search warrants were carried out at 92 homes and £98,795 in cash was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Surprise checks were conducted at 1483 homes to ensure known thieves were sticking to bail or curfew conditions. The police visited more than 300 repeat victims of domestic abuse to check if their partners were staying away.
Also, 1200 scrap dealers, second hand shops, pubs and clubs have also been visited to make sure they were not dealing in stolen properties. Metal thefts have been plaguing homes, business, utilities and churches across Greater Manchester over the last few years.
All sorts of serious offences have been on focus including stopping of rogue drivers for not having the correct insurance, speeding and other offences, some vehicles were banned from plying on the roads.
Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney said that the police had made a good start in clearing out the bad apples that spread their rot in the communities and stop law abiding citizens from enjoying the hard-earned fruits of their labour through theft and violence.
However, he added that operation Harvest was far from over and the police was going to continue its relentless pursuit of thieves, thugs and fugitives in the coming months.
He called the public to support the efforts by providing information on the criminals featured on police website and those causing misery and hardship in their communities by ringing the police directly.
He also gave assurance that the criminals were not going to be let free to do as they will and escape the Harvest which would see over their shoulders keeping them on their toes.
He advised the criminals to do themselves a favour and the good people of Greater Manchester a favour by turning themselves in.